The 50's Vocab

7. The act of releasing soldiers after a war.
9. Salk American physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio
11. Presley US pop singer and guitar player, called the king of rock and roll.
12. Marshall American civil rights lawyer. First African American of the Supreme Court.
13. Carried out by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Making false accusations against one another.
15. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is responsible for space research and civil space programs.
16. Boom Increased birth rate following WWII.

1. People who consume more goods and services will more likely be better off.
2. Parks Famously known for not giving up her seat to a white person on a bus.
3. Riders People would take bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.
4. D. Eisenhower 34th president of the United States. Served from 1953 to 1961.
5. Strand of states which stretch from Virginia south through Florida, west to Texas and northwest through California
6. Bill Provided World War II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing
8. rights activists. Martin Luther King, Jr He was an American Baptist minister and activist
10. Family Consisting of a mother and father in a first-time marriage and their children.
14. Truman 33rd president of the United States. Serving from 1945 to 1953